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The compressed ash margin

A cineribus; Ab artibus; cineribus; a cineribus; ab artibus

This short historical margin labels the alleged revival of a burned bird from ashes through art.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

This short historical margin labels the alleged revival of a burned bird from ashes through art. The edition warns that the small printed wording is compressed and the expansion of abbreviations uncertain. The label should therefore remain separate from both the clearer body and any modern editorial heading. Its value is to show how the margin guides attention to artificial renewal without resolving the doubtful transcription by conjecture.

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  1. Book 1 · Generation · Original marginal note 9Latin“A cineribus. Ab artibus.”